9 chisels set from 3mm to 36mm, (0.1 inch to 1.4 inch) the guy said it was used by a professional carpenter, and yes, as far as I used it, they are good. (the point is I have never used good chisels before)

In Japanese chisels, planers or other hand tools, good one has the name of the maker, just like this.

I don’t know which name is famous or good at all, so doesn’t mean much, but at least better than “no name” ones.

The most “good” part of this was the way it was sharpen. I think they were sharpen by the original owner or the seller, he said he is a carpenter too, but they cut! I have never been able to sharpen mine that sharp with waterstones. They are just like razors, you can shave your hair of your arm. Now I am so much sure that I have lots and lots to learn about sharpening.

Wow, what a beautiful set! there is no need of names to know about GOOD quality of these outstanding chiselS!Love the firmer ones (5th and 6th), enjoy them!This is an stupid question: Is the Japanese Yahoo in Japanese? I would like to take a look there but no sure if I can “read!.

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

Moai,There is Yahoo Japan auctions English version, but not many sellers are auctioning there. So you must go to the Japanese site and take a look with the photos, and maybe use net translators, like this one.http://babelfish.yahoo.com/And if you don’t still get the meaning, I can help. Just ask me.

Junji, yes I use water stones. I will usually touch them up if I need to with a buffing wheel. It’s been a long time since my chisels were sharpened with any kind of angle gauge. The backs of most have a slight roundness to them, which I just leave and continue to sharpen by hand, the same way they were sharpened for years. Since they’re mortise chisels, they work fine like that.